The increasing female participation in the workforce across age groups has been instrumental in reshaping the Australian labour market. While the gender divide in participation rates across industries and employment status is still quite significant, the latest release of the 2021 Census provides us with a more telling snapshot of the emerging patterns and trends of women participation in the labour force and how it has evolved over the years. The share of women in the workforce has been consistently on the rise over the last three decades, with the share of male participation remaining relatively stable. While the gap in participation rate between both…
Author: Meghana Kumar
What we’ve seen so far? The 2016 Census recorded low unemployment and underemployment rates, with a marginal drop from that of previous years.Unemployment rates have continued to be on the low since the 2016. While unemployment soared in the wake of Australia’s border closures, the economy witnessed a quick recovery with employment bouncing back to near pre-Covid levels. In light of the recurring lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 and the return of the international workforce back to their home countries, the available casual /part time workforce contracted. Underemployment rates followed a similar trend to unemployment rates since the last Census. While it’s promising that underemployment…